different between archon vs archontate

English

Etymology

From Ancient Greek ????? (árkh?n), a noun use of the present participle of ???? (árkh?, “to rule”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /???(?)k?n/

Noun

archon (plural archontes or archons)

1. A chief magistrate of ancient Athens.
2. A person who claims the right to rule, or to exercise power or sovereign authority over other human beings.
3. A ruler, head of state or other leader.
4. (Gnosticism) A supernatural being subordinate to the Demiurge.

Related terms

• archaeo-
• archaic
• archaism
• archeo-
• archive
• -archy

Translations

Further reading

• archon in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, G. & C. Merriam, 1913.
• archon in The Century Dictionary, New York, N.Y.: The Century Co., 1911.
• archon at OneLook Dictionary Search

Anagrams

• Anchor, Charon, achorn, anchor, noarch, rancho

Latin

Etymology

From Ancient Greek ????? (árkh?n).

Pronunciation

• (Classical) IPA^(key): /?ar.k?o?n/, [?ärk?o?n]
• (Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /?ar.kon/, [??rk?n]

Noun

arch?n m (genitive archontis); third declension

1. archon

Declension

Third-declension noun.

Descendants

• Catalan: arcont
• Italian: arconte
• Portuguese: arconte
• Spanish: arconte

References

• archon in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• archon in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
• archon in Charles du Fresne du Cange’s Glossarium Mediæ et Infimæ Latinitatis (augmented edition, 1883–1887)
• archon in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré Latin-Français, Hachette
• archon in The Perseus Project (1999) Perseus Encyclopedia?^[1]
• archon in Harry Thurston Peck, editor (1898) Harper's Dictionary of Classical Antiquities, New York: Harper & Brothers
• archon in William Smith, editor (1848) A Dictionary of Greek Biography and Mythology, London: John Murray
• archon in William Smith et al., editor (1890) A Dictionary of Greek and Roman Antiquities, London: William Wayte. G. E. Marindin

English

Noun

archontate (plural archontates)

1. The office or position of an archon

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